THE BOOK OF PTATH.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Van Vogt. This is copy 133. Additionally inscribed and signed by Van Vogt to Bob Madle (Robert A. Madle), noted fan, dealer and a founder of First Fandom. "On a super-continent, some 200 million years in the Earth's future, the godlike but amnesiac hero Ptath struggles with a beautiful female antagonist." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 46. The story was first published in Unknown Worlds. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-348. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 62. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 2. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1064. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 146-48. In 333]. A nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with some mild edge rubs and slight wear to the corner tips and spine ends. (35857). Item #35857
Price: $350.00